Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never wil…

Frederick Douglass
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. ✨ Speech, Canandaigua, N.Y., 4 Aug. 1857
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. ✨ Speech, Canandaigua, N.Y., 4 Aug. 1857

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